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Glass Bar Book Group
Second Thursday of Every Month
This book group is open to all, so please feel free to pop along from 6.30pm, upstairs.
Other things of interest:
Her Naked Skin at the National: London 1913. Militancy in the Suffragette Movement has led to women of all classes serving time in Holloway Prison. Lady Celia Cain meets a young seamstress, and her life spirals into an erotic but dangerous chaos. Travelex £10 tickets available.
The Female of the Species at the Vaudeville: Margot Mason is a literary giant on a deadline. When an uninvited fan arrives unexpectedly at her home, followed by her family and friends, Margot's feminist world begins to spiral hilariously out of control. Based on incident when Germaine Greer was held hostage by a student a few years ago.
And finally the York Libertas Lesbian Book Festival http://www.yorkfestivals.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=3279 taking place in October.
Forthcoming and Previous Books
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Sep 2008 Infidel |
Aug 2008 |
The formation of a pair of boys overseen by a powerful father-figure of The Kite Runner is replaced in A Thousand Splendid Suns by a pair of women in thrall to a sinister husband. is both the tale of two women, and a tale of two cities - Herat and Kabul |
Amélie, a well-intentioned and eager young westerner, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfilment of a dream for Amélie, but once there her working life quickly becomes a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement. Disturbing, hilarious and totally convincing, Fear and Trembling displays an elegant and shrewd understanding of the intricate ways in which Japanese relationships are made and spoiled.
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The bestselling life story of the renowned campaigner for religious tolerance and women's rights, Ayaan Hirsi Ali. There seem to be several ways of spelling her name - I have included two options |
A well-known writer writing about the sudden death of her husband and the fatal illness of her death. Some readers have found it inspirational and powerful, others describe it as distant and egotisical. Lets see what we make of it! |
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